Fifty-two drivers have died from incidents that occurred at a FIA World Championship event or while driving a Formula One car at another event. Two Formula One Champions have died while racing or practising in Formula One, Jochen Rindt in 1970 and Ayrton Senna in 1994. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has seen the most fatalities, with seven drivers having died there during the time that the Indianapolis 500 formed part of the world championship.
About List of Formula One fatalities in brief
Formula One is the highest class of open-wheeled auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile. Safety standards have improved since the first World Championship Grand Prix at Silverstone in 1950. Fifty-two drivers have died from incidents that occurred at a FIA World Championship event or while driving a Formula One car at another event.
Two Formula One Champions have died while racing or practising in Formula One, Jochen Rindt in 1970, and Ayrton Senna in 1994. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has seen the most fatalities, with seven drivers having died there during the time that the Indianapolis 500 formed part of the world championship.
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